Clothes-pin.



ITE STATS PATEN WILLIE A.'B0YNTVON,-' OF NEWCASTLE, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR ONE-HALF T0 lGrEO. A.

. TERRELL, 0F NEWCASTLE, TEXAS.

i encinas-PIN.

`Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented llfay 8, 193%.

v .Application filed September 14, 1916'. i Serial No. 120,076.l l

'To all whom t mayzconcerh:

Be it lmown that'I, A.- BoYN'roN,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Newcastle, in the Stateof. Texas, have in# vented a new and useflll Clothes-Pin; and I do hereby declarevthe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the 1nvention, such as will enable others skilled .in the art to which it -appertains to make and use the same. y

This invention relates to anew and use'- ful clothes pin, and one of the objects of the invention is to provide a clothes pin having means forv permanently clothes pin to the line.

A further object of the invention is'to provide a clothes pin having clamping jaws to engage the clothes on the lineand clamp them in place. j y

A further object of the invention is to provide means forming a part of the anchoring means for drawing one pair of jaws to# A further object of the invention is to provide a clothes pin having two pairs of clamping jaws constructed of a single length vot' wire so that the adjacent' parts of two pieces of clothing on a line may be engaged and clamped by the jaws," and the act of moving orl arranging the clothes pin tov clamp the clothing willcause the jaws to pull the adjacentportions of two pieces of clothing toward each other, owing .to the means carried by the anchoring means'forcing one pair of jaws toward theopposite pair. This drawing of the opposite parts of two pieces of clothing together *stretchV the clothing on the line;

In practical fields, the details of constrnc-l tion may necessitate alterations, falling within the scope of what is claimed. f

The invention comprises kfurther featres and combination of parts, as hereinaftersetv forth, shown in the drawings, and claimed. 45 L In the drawings Figure lz-,is a view in perspective ofthe clothes pin, showing the same anchored upon the clothes line. Fig. 2 is a view in perspective of the clothes pin also anchored on the line, but' showing the two pairs ofjjaws clamping' vagalnst the line, in order to hold `clothing in place. l j.

Fig.l 3 is a view in. perspective lshowing a modified construction of the clothes pin.

anchoring the 4 vis an edge View of the anchoring' means.

Fig. 5 is a perspective .view of the/anchoring means.

Referring more especially to the drawings, l designates a clothes pin area whole, and which is constructedof a lsinglelength of wire bent to form two spaced, opposing spring coils 2. The wire beyond each coil forms opposing jaws 3 and 4:. The jaws 3 of both coils incline downwardly .and to- 5, which slightly converge downwardly and toward each other, and have their end portions bent at right angles,v as shown at 6,

4 incline toward the jaws 8 for a short distance below the spring coils, and at' 1l the jaws are iiared downwardly, so that the loop formed by the jaws f1 is spaced apart from the portions 5, so that the clothes line with the clothes thereon may be forced between the jaws 3 and 4l. In F ig. 3, the

bent end portions of the lower ends of the parts 5 are twisted together. as shown at. 12, thereby eliminating said sheetnnetal plate.

' An anchoring member 13 is provided, and

to form a coil '14 at voneend to engage the clothes line (which may preferably be constructed of wire) and has its other endvportion bent to form a pair of laterally extendingloops 15, through which the portions 5 :of the jaws 3 extend. It is to be seen that when the clothes pin is `pulled down, causing the clothes line with the clothes thereon to be forced between the jaws 3 and 4, said laterally extending loops :15 will draw/,the

portions 5 toward each other, thereby cansving the: jaws 3 and to c'move toward the other pair of jaws 3 and in order to draw the adjacent portions of two vpieces of clothing together, which will stretch the cloth-ing on the line. 5 l

When the loops 15 of the anchor member ward each other, and merge' into the parts which is constructed of a piece of wire bent `j .0 Num.

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are near the plate 7, 'the depending legsl 5 are not parallel but diverge from each other.

Hence, when the clothes pin is pulled down had each been fastened at their ends remote from the clothes pin. The anchor memberv 13 is the means for eliecting this operation, -for as the depending members 5 are pulled down through its loops l5, they are moved .from their diverging position into parallel relation with each other and thereby bring.

the jaw` members closer to each other.

The invention havingbeen set forth, what is claimed as new and useful, is

1. A clothes pin constructed from'a single piece of spring wire bent to form 'spaced opposing spring coils, the wire portions beyond eachucoil forming clamping jaws, the

Vcorresponding jaws of bothv pairs extending downwardly and converging toward each other and being bent and merging into downwardly extending portions, which slightly converge toward each other, said last named downwardly extending portions having means for securing them together, the other corresponding jaws of each pair extending downwardly and converging toward each other and merging together to form a loop extending 'outwardly and down wardly and having its free end'spaced from said last named downwardly extending portion, whereby the clothes line with the clothes thereon may be forced between two pairs-of jaws, an anchoring device carried by the clothes line for connecting the clothes pin to the line, and having means for drawing said last named downwardly extending portions toward'each other.

i2. A clothes pin constructed from a single posing spring coils, the wire'portions beyond piece of spring wire bent'to form spaced op each 4coil forming clamping jaws, the cori responding jaws of both pairs extending downwardly and converging toward each other, one pair uniting and forming a loop 'flared-outwardly from'the other pair, the

second pair having dependingvextensions' which slightly convergefandare connected by rightangled bends, and an anchoring device having a loop. for 'attachment to the clothes line and loopswhich engage the depending members of one pair4 of jaws, so that when the clothes pin is pulled' over the ends of two adjacent pieces hungjon the line said anchoring device will pull.the two sets vof jaws together and tend to stretch the pieces which it engages on the line.

In testimony whereotI have' signed-my name to this specification in the presence oi two subscribing witnesses. l y

l/VILLIE A. BOYNTON. Witnesses:

J. F. BARNETT, W. P. CLARK.-

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